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and by the following week it was rum ruled the city. the tenderloin glis wednesday the brilliant evil. the east side wallowed in beer. some joints serve the same over and over again. and a mum fied ham and cheese sandwich. not unreasonably he expected a sane interpretation of hotel and meal and against. he announced the police will be on the lookout for fake hotels but the judges ruled 17 beers and one pretzels equals a meal. [laughter] the republican legislature said really bungled new law and it was turning up to bottoms up and new york became the city that never sleeps. roosevelt hadn't created the on slot -- he certainly had created this but the events especially with the demise of roosevelt subtle play out like a slap in the face. they were drying openly in fake hotels and fake clubs on sundays and also at 3:00 in the morning they were not only drinking, unmarried young women who might never walk blocks were starting to walk or stagger up the convenient barroom stairs. roosevelt for years delighted in describing picnicking with the
and by the following week it was rum ruled the city. the tenderloin glis wednesday the brilliant evil. the east side wallowed in beer. some joints serve the same over and over again. and a mum fied ham and cheese sandwich. not unreasonably he expected a sane interpretation of hotel and meal and against. he announced the police will be on the lookout for fake hotels but the judges ruled 17 beers and one pretzels equals a meal. [laughter] the republican legislature said really bungled new law and...
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jewish city in the world. and so, you have and the 1940s this gentleman, pager obviously campos who is the great either of puerto rican independence national is some actually is spending the last few years of a suspended jail sentence in new york and new york becomes a node of puerto rican activism for the ensuing decades. and if you want not to taint all of puerto rican independence national his son with the terrorist brush by any means, but if some of you may remember 1975 the bomb that went off from a terrorist bomb that went off at the tavern and lower them in hot that killed actually five people and hurt 53. that was a legacy of a tradition of militant puerto rican nationalists and verging into terrorists and that out of alviso campuses followers became a part and parcel of new york's covert political culture. so all of these ways in which new yorkers this place that is bringing people and, in magnet for people gives it a turbulence and recurrent turmoil that really passes on down through the decades. wor
jewish city in the world. and so, you have and the 1940s this gentleman, pager obviously campos who is the great either of puerto rican independence national is some actually is spending the last few years of a suspended jail sentence in new york and new york becomes a node of puerto rican activism for the ensuing decades. and if you want not to taint all of puerto rican independence national his son with the terrorist brush by any means, but if some of you may remember 1975 the bomb that went...
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>> i do to the >> is it advantageous in your view to live outside of some of the major cities of the u.s.? >> it could be. there are pros and cons. we miss living near new york city. there are advantages to that. if we haven't had a severe crisis, which i hope we don't and we could avoid certainly i'm not sure that large population centers are where somebody would want to be. and then obviously if the unthinkable should have in this is and why we moved but if there were a bad attack of one type or another we don't live in a concentrated area there are advantages. >> we have been talking with thomas e. woods of his book published by regnery. repealing big government before the coming fiscal collapse. this is book tv on c-span2 on location in las vegas. >> kuran book tv on c-span2 we want to introduce you to the author who's written a book with steve forbes how capitalism will save us and why three people and free markets are the best answers in today's economy. first of all tell us about yourself and your personal experience particularly when it comes to economics. >> i've been a fina
>> i do to the >> is it advantageous in your view to live outside of some of the major cities of the u.s.? >> it could be. there are pros and cons. we miss living near new york city. there are advantages to that. if we haven't had a severe crisis, which i hope we don't and we could avoid certainly i'm not sure that large population centers are where somebody would want to be. and then obviously if the unthinkable should have in this is and why we moved but if there were a bad...
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the largest jew city in the world. and so you have in the 1940, the gentleman who is the great father of portiÈre portiÈre began is spending the last years of suspended jail sentence in new york and new york becomes a mode of puerto rican activism. if you want not to taint all of the puerto rican independents nationalism, with the terrorist brush by any means if you remember in 1875 the terrorist bomb that went off at the tay vern in lower manhattan that killed actually five people and hurt 53, that was the legacy of militant puerto rican nationalism searching at the terrorism that out of the followers became a parcel of new york's sort of covert political culture. so all of these ways in which new york is this place that is bringing people in. that is a mecca for people, give it is a turbulence and a recurrent turmoil that casts on down through the decades. world war i 1914, we have to remember that when the great war world world war i began in europe in the summer of 1914, the u.s. didn't join the war until 1917. s
the largest jew city in the world. and so you have in the 1940, the gentleman who is the great father of portiÈre portiÈre began is spending the last years of suspended jail sentence in new york and new york becomes a mode of puerto rican activism. if you want not to taint all of the puerto rican independents nationalism, with the terrorist brush by any means if you remember in 1875 the terrorist bomb that went off at the tay vern in lower manhattan that killed actually five people and hurt...
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sets and the city, girls on hbo, the reality, if it was reflected in the fiction, it is also shaping the reality in turn. the fiction shapes the reality. i wish i had time to talk about the courtly aspect of the relationship. but just sticking to jane austen, she is a high point in the fiction about marriage. the novel of manners. in the history of marriage, not only because it took hundreds of years to get to the point where women have choices with the choices in pride and prejudice, but because after jane austen, even starting in her day, things started to come unraveled. it is a high point because she is downhill from there. what causes it to unravel is a whole big collection of ideas were a lot of liberationist movements. jane austen made fun of this sort of thing in her early work called love and friendship, which is a satire where everybody finds stuff like happiness seems very boring to them. authenticity, liberation, intense experiences, basically they go around expecting love to strike someone claiming. and then not unnaturally come to kind of wake up to find that their live
sets and the city, girls on hbo, the reality, if it was reflected in the fiction, it is also shaping the reality in turn. the fiction shapes the reality. i wish i had time to talk about the courtly aspect of the relationship. but just sticking to jane austen, she is a high point in the fiction about marriage. the novel of manners. in the history of marriage, not only because it took hundreds of years to get to the point where women have choices with the choices in pride and prejudice, but...
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was then one of the debatched city in the world. most new yorkers thought he was crazy or jocking. within three months of the appointment this is how a major newspaper portrayed roosevelt. [laughter] it's almost the premises for a sitcom or at least a dark comedy. harvard educate reformer in to the brothels and gamblings joints, stir slightly with tough irish cop and wait for the explosion. manhattan in the 1890s inspect is time square. still called long ache scare. no traffic lights or stbs. no overnight parking. streets seem wider. they can ride in any direction up and down the streets. thieves stole more horses in new york city than the entire state of texas. [laughter] and they raised to outlaw stables where they painted the horses a different color. i'm telling you, these are chop shops for horses. [laughter] look at the sanitation man in the middle of the street. you don't think about it there were 60,000 horses in new york city. at least thirty pounds of manure per day per house. 1.8 million pounds of manure in new york city.
was then one of the debatched city in the world. most new yorkers thought he was crazy or jocking. within three months of the appointment this is how a major newspaper portrayed roosevelt. [laughter] it's almost the premises for a sitcom or at least a dark comedy. harvard educate reformer in to the brothels and gamblings joints, stir slightly with tough irish cop and wait for the explosion. manhattan in the 1890s inspect is time square. still called long ache scare. no traffic lights or stbs....
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after touring the atlantic terminus that travel 50 miles by train to panama city on the pacific coast, bombast nature of the enterprise. my last "here. the enormous size and vast ambitions of the canal would not become truly evident until the next morning. the three were taken on a guided tour of the great cut, nearly 9 miles in length. it was here that most of the 65,000 men in the workforce were literally moving mountains with the battle for the canal. gigantic steam shovels purpose built for the unprecedented work tower over the landscape loading 6-ton boulders on the flat cars were there were then sent to the coast for the huge wrecks that were needed in the breakwaters for the terminals. years later and still of franklin would describe the scene from the mountaintop looking down on the huge rift in the earth's crust at the base of which pygmy engines and an like forms or rushing to and fro a seemingly without planner reason the constant noise was deafening . the strident clank of that throws eating their way into the rock. the whistles of the locomotives, but constant uninterrupt
after touring the atlantic terminus that travel 50 miles by train to panama city on the pacific coast, bombast nature of the enterprise. my last "here. the enormous size and vast ambitions of the canal would not become truly evident until the next morning. the three were taken on a guided tour of the great cut, nearly 9 miles in length. it was here that most of the 65,000 men in the workforce were literally moving mountains with the battle for the canal. gigantic steam shovels purpose...
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here as we travel the city to talk with local authors, visit or collections in to historic homes of writers. >> welcome, good to see you all. biarritz thurber house. in columbus, ohio. james thurber literature. but in a lot of houses in columbus, ohio. one of the houses he lived in one or two ohio state university from 1913 to 1917. james thurber is a great american author and is often with mark twain. he was a humo
here as we travel the city to talk with local authors, visit or collections in to historic homes of writers. >> welcome, good to see you all. biarritz thurber house. in columbus, ohio. james thurber literature. but in a lot of houses in columbus, ohio. one of the houses he lived in one or two ohio state university from 1913 to 1917. james thurber is a great american author and is often with mark twain. he was a humo
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sister city of the rue wan did. i have great hope, i have great hope that we can build this if people stay vigilant and committed. the bottom line we are part of the media now. all of the twitter and facebooks and all of our blogs and internets -- how do you like that? i liked that. collectively and you never know who is actually really reading these things and getting them. when we choose the frames, that forward what we would like to see in the world, and we correct the factual misinformation, and we share what we know to be true, and we start to see a change gradually. as it builds, the more traditionally immediate why, and we share the other way around too. so thank you so much. i'll take a question or two. [applause] [applause] i'll just take one. dr. apple ton? >> thanks. i have a question of you mention earlier that in rwanda there was a set of -- clipping of the frame the process by which the frame one frame becomes a dominant frame, how much do you think that individual such as hitler or an individual perso
sister city of the rue wan did. i have great hope, i have great hope that we can build this if people stay vigilant and committed. the bottom line we are part of the media now. all of the twitter and facebooks and all of our blogs and internets -- how do you like that? i liked that. collectively and you never know who is actually really reading these things and getting them. when we choose the frames, that forward what we would like to see in the world, and we correct the factual...
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sex in the city. girls on hbo. so, that wouldn't happen if the reality that is reflected in the fiction and self-shaped. the fiction shapes the reality kind of in turn. and i wish i had time to talk about how things like the courtly love and the wages changed marriage. there's all kinds of marriage history there. but sticking to jane austen. she is a real high point in the history of fiction about marriage, the novel of manners, as they called it. but also in the history of marriage, because -- not only because it took hundred office years to get to the point where women had choices like the choices in pie pride and prejudice." but because after jane austen, even starting in her day, the things started to come unraveled. so she is a high point because it's downhill from there. what caused it to unravel is a whole big group of ideas you can call romanticism or the cult of sensibility or liberation movement. jake austen made fun of this thing in an early work called "love and friendship" which is a satire where every
sex in the city. girls on hbo. so, that wouldn't happen if the reality that is reflected in the fiction and self-shaped. the fiction shapes the reality kind of in turn. and i wish i had time to talk about how things like the courtly love and the wages changed marriage. there's all kinds of marriage history there. but sticking to jane austen. she is a real high point in the history of fiction about marriage, the novel of manners, as they called it. but also in the history of marriage, because --...
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i have a chance to take the kids to near city. all of a sudden and see what side story and go to my friends restaurant. teachers wanted to be chaperones. [laughter] okay. by the time i think it was three students /1 teacher. [laughter] but then i heard it the principal wanted to come on the trip. the kids are like yes. where going to yorker price of less than. who was going with us? and a couple of others. who? dae want you to know the principal ones to go. no. not the principal. [laughter] we won't have any fund. [laughter] i said okay. this is the perfect opportunity to teach to a life lesson it is called making the best of a bad situation. [laughter] not that she is the bad situation. i use her. we started to chant. we sound like sheep. [laughter] i said she is going. we could tell her she cannot go and hurt her feelings. or we could write her a note then we have a friend. that it might take a while but to go back to question of i have to say it did come up 10 mockingbird but months later i am grading papers. a kid walks in. mr
i have a chance to take the kids to near city. all of a sudden and see what side story and go to my friends restaurant. teachers wanted to be chaperones. [laughter] okay. by the time i think it was three students /1 teacher. [laughter] but then i heard it the principal wanted to come on the trip. the kids are like yes. where going to yorker price of less than. who was going with us? and a couple of others. who? dae want you to know the principal ones to go. no. not the principal. [laughter] we...
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about this war that's suddenly in the capital city where you have achieved prosperity and prominence? do you support the the insurgence? do you support the government? or do you just try to say how do i get through this and come out in one piece with my life and my family intact? well, that's what the story of peggy shippen and her family is, and it's all about philadelphia from 1774 to shortly before 1780. peggy's grandfather was a co-founder of what is now princeton university, father extremely prominent lawyer in the community, very wealthy. the family were slave owners. still reporting in the 1790 seven is is the us they had three slaves -- census they had three slaves. they had several children, and mark and i think that the father decided to play the war by being as neutral as he could get away with, leaving no clear message to the children about which side they were on. so what happens? in 1774 in september, the first continental congress meets in philadelphia. george washington of virginia shows up. the practically the first night he was there he was invited to dinner at the s
about this war that's suddenly in the capital city where you have achieved prosperity and prominence? do you support the the insurgence? do you support the government? or do you just try to say how do i get through this and come out in one piece with my life and my family intact? well, that's what the story of peggy shippen and her family is, and it's all about philadelphia from 1774 to shortly before 1780. peggy's grandfather was a co-founder of what is now princeton university, father...
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in the legislature, and also in the city trying to pass public policy that i thought was really in the public interest, and it was so hard. and it was so hard partly because most people didn't understand what we were even doing. didn't know when we were doing. i see my fellow commissioner joyce here, and she was with me through part of this. and i thought, this is -- there's not enough information out there but basic public policy in every day implead that people are watching, reading with listening to. that lead me down the path. why a provocative title? "kill the messenger." the media's role in the fate of the world. whey came to always -- realize through the research of my book and my disser station is that mass media and mas media messages can be used for good, and they can be used for not so god. they can be used in a constructive and destructive way. most of the book is about half the book about the more directive parts of mass media and how it has been used to really destructive ends. genocides, wars, and how that came about. but the book is dedicated to ways in which mass media
in the legislature, and also in the city trying to pass public policy that i thought was really in the public interest, and it was so hard. and it was so hard partly because most people didn't understand what we were even doing. didn't know when we were doing. i see my fellow commissioner joyce here, and she was with me through part of this. and i thought, this is -- there's not enough information out there but basic public policy in every day implead that people are watching, reading with...
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you may not know at that back in the 1940s, the city council of new york city, our biggest city, had elections based on proportional representation. so you would get a seat in the city council of new york if you got x% of the vote i would will give you a seat and so one which is how the following happened. a man named ben davis, benjamin davis, won the seat on the city council of new york. i remember the year in the late 1940s and you might be interested in two aspects of benjamin davis, city councilmember. he was black. he was an african-american and he was an enthusiastic public leader of the united states communist party and he was elected because of proportional representation. shortly after that proportional representation was ended and never returned to new york city but we have had it. greece has it in most european countries have it. sarita got three percentage points less than the new democracy. the new democracy came first and they had 27, 20% in cerese that came in with 24, 25 or something like that i'm a very close but under greek law, whatever party comes in first gets n
you may not know at that back in the 1940s, the city council of new york city, our biggest city, had elections based on proportional representation. so you would get a seat in the city council of new york if you got x% of the vote i would will give you a seat and so one which is how the following happened. a man named ben davis, benjamin davis, won the seat on the city council of new york. i remember the year in the late 1940s and you might be interested in two aspects of benjamin davis, city...
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be the district attorney for the city of washington. and what he did in that time, i wouldn't say it was as smith in as root and the star spangled banner which was obviously an enduring feet, but it was very important to. an unknown factor of francis scott key is that his best friend and brother-in-law of was a man named roger carney. and he was very politically ambitious. with his help he ascended to jobs and the administration of andrew jackson. first key helped carney become u.s. attorney general. then in 1836 the chief justice of the supreme court went on to write the dress that decision in 1857 which effectively legalized slavery and hastened the coming of the civil war. they were inseparable political figures and employ an important in the way it has been so forgotten. there is a key bridge which crosses the potomac river. recovery is, a park where he used to live. and in the park there are lots of exhibits that are devoted to him. it is one that says active in anti slavery causes. this is five wrong. it would be much more accurat
be the district attorney for the city of washington. and what he did in that time, i wouldn't say it was as smith in as root and the star spangled banner which was obviously an enduring feet, but it was very important to. an unknown factor of francis scott key is that his best friend and brother-in-law of was a man named roger carney. and he was very politically ambitious. with his help he ascended to jobs and the administration of andrew jackson. first key helped carney become u.s. attorney...
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you would get a seat in the city council of new york if you got turn x% of the vote. if you got twice that amount, you got to see spirited a man named ben davis and jim davis won a seat of the city council of new york. you might be interested into aspects of benjamin davis, city council member. he was black, he was an african-american, and he was an enthusiastic public leader of the united states coming in and he was elected because of proportional representation. there is another returned to new york city, but we have had it. greece has it. so la cerise got only 3%. they had only 2728%, they came in with 2425%. but under greek law whatever party comes in first not only gets the percentage of the popular vote, but an extra 52 that is only reason one reason they got it by this rule, which is designed to favor the party that comes in first there is a strong, old, deeply rooted party, i think they get about 8% of the vote. one third of the voters in greek voted extreme left wing hostility to the capitalist' agrees. that is a sign of greece and a reaction to the change th
you would get a seat in the city council of new york if you got turn x% of the vote. if you got twice that amount, you got to see spirited a man named ben davis and jim davis won a seat of the city council of new york. you might be interested into aspects of benjamin davis, city council member. he was black, he was an african-american, and he was an enthusiastic public leader of the united states coming in and he was elected because of proportional representation. there is another returned to...
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the dome light in the city and is now. a thin light -- a thin line of light seeps through the crack at the bottom of the front door. so that the clumps at an early point in the narrative in the book when we are adjusting to life in this village in new mexico in the espinola valley. which if you are driving between santa fe and taos, if you drive from santa fe to taoist to visit taos pueblo or see the turtle dance on new year's day at san juan pueblo, the pueblo switched back to the language name, while we were living there as a matter of fact, which bears to the fact that the conquest of the resistance to it is still very much ongoing and northern new mexico in many other places. if you are going on the road from santa fe to taoist, you're going to go right through velarde and you're not in aca. the highway is set above the village. you'll catch maybe a couple 10 rooftops of the adobes and if you do, you'll think a quaint northern new mexican adobe village, the very picture of new mexican pastoral, you know, you could rend
the dome light in the city and is now. a thin light -- a thin line of light seeps through the crack at the bottom of the front door. so that the clumps at an early point in the narrative in the book when we are adjusting to life in this village in new mexico in the espinola valley. which if you are driving between santa fe and taos, if you drive from santa fe to taoist to visit taos pueblo or see the turtle dance on new year's day at san juan pueblo, the pueblo switched back to the language...
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such an institution to the city and the pleasure to be here. thank you for coming out on an august evening to hear me. i will try to be brief in my comments and i have more of an exchange of ideas and your perspective so i can have a conversation about manufacturing and what the country should do to be competitive. the idea for the book came about when i was traveling around the country and i would see a successful manufacturer making lenders, making steel, making meat and food and i would say i thought our manufacturing had gone off shore. something didn't make sense. i started to wonder what were people missing in the story and it turns out that while a lot of consumer manufacturing has gone off shore or if you go into a store, the toys and apparel, a lot of that has left america, we are still a world leader when it comes to complex advanced manufacturing. we make almost 80% of steel here, we make a tremendous amount of planes here and we are neck-and-neck in manufacturing with china. that is a staggering statistic. we make 20% of the world's
such an institution to the city and the pleasure to be here. thank you for coming out on an august evening to hear me. i will try to be brief in my comments and i have more of an exchange of ideas and your perspective so i can have a conversation about manufacturing and what the country should do to be competitive. the idea for the book came about when i was traveling around the country and i would see a successful manufacturer making lenders, making steel, making meat and food and i would say...
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could you discuss the role of pensions in the deficits that affects states and cities. >> you're asking me a question that i know very well you could discuss far better than i could, but i thank you. i'm on the podium, and i thank you for that. [laughter] he's done a great job in putting the numbers together. i mean, i couldn't have the figures at the top of my tongue, but we know that's what is bankrupting our cities, our states, our counties. the pension costs are ridiculous. the scam going on with the last three years where everybody allowed people to just run up huge amounts of over time so the pensions are astronomical. we cannot afford to do that. the private sector's being shut out of people because of this. they are bankrupting our country. we do have the numbers in the book. i don't know them offhe top of my head like you do, but, no, that is the pblem with our state and local governments. no question about that. yes, sir? >> the industrial unions traditionally were, if not controlled by, certainly ill filtrated heavily by organized crime. the teamsters, the long shoreman, oper
could you discuss the role of pensions in the deficits that affects states and cities. >> you're asking me a question that i know very well you could discuss far better than i could, but i thank you. i'm on the podium, and i thank you for that. [laughter] he's done a great job in putting the numbers together. i mean, i couldn't have the figures at the top of my tongue, but we know that's what is bankrupting our cities, our states, our counties. the pension costs are ridiculous. the scam...
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he published the city and the pillar, the new york daily times would not review it. tha t it wash reviewed in the book review, however, orville prescott hated the book so much that he did not review it. however, he did review other books. vry m he reviewed chairman capote's. books, which he liked very much. even though he said he didn't hosexualit like the gay story element.h he loved the writing and wasdalh able to look past the homosexuality and talk about other things. buet gore vidal was treated very it sold badly but it was a national bestseller. it sold extremely well and was very successful. maybe christopher isherwood. in but otherwise, it was always alluded to in directly. i think more and more writersgon would say that i am a gay writer ben had been before. that major, american gay writert in major writer altogether, he would avoid that until heble a published his memoirs in 1972 he? >> there is a subplot of a , atleman who is 1972 was a greatn year. he got a lot of reviews, too. and after that, truman capote avoided the subject. he used the christopher ish
he published the city and the pillar, the new york daily times would not review it. tha t it wash reviewed in the book review, however, orville prescott hated the book so much that he did not review it. however, he did review other books. vry m he reviewed chairman capote's. books, which he liked very much. even though he said he didn't hosexualit like the gay story element.h he loved the writing and wasdalh able to look past the homosexuality and talk about other things. buet gore vidal was...
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select attitude through the book got a chance to take the kids to new york city. so we got in a bus and were having this trip. so all of a sudden it was not of a new york city paper were going to see west side story and go to friend's restaurant, pat's, 56 and eight, were frank's a notch to hang out. i'm going to take the case of this fancy italian restaurant and then by side story. and so people started coming in now, they want to be chaperones. [laughter] so of course, okay, by the time -- it figures three students to one teacher. but anyway, i got a message that ms. carroll wanted to come on the trip. the principal wanted to come on the trip. select from that india. they say you know, who's going that was fun, a that i want you to know, ms. carroll wants to go will so she's to teach you well called making the that that ms. carroll is a but me explain something to you. she's going. we can handle at one write her going to new york and i will have a friend of the principal's office. what do you think? it took a while, but they sort, to answer your -- this goes mon
select attitude through the book got a chance to take the kids to new york city. so we got in a bus and were having this trip. so all of a sudden it was not of a new york city paper were going to see west side story and go to friend's restaurant, pat's, 56 and eight, were frank's a notch to hang out. i'm going to take the case of this fancy italian restaurant and then by side story. and so people started coming in now, they want to be chaperones. [laughter] so of course, okay, by the time -- it...
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he got a job in the city of new york's welfare department. and witnessed first-hand the immense suffering of his neighbors. and he also started writing. he started doing music and theater reviews for the amsterdam news in harlem and he parlayed that eventually into a regular column that covered all aspects of harlem life, including, and especially, politics. harlem during those years was a sort of political hothouse. ottley was quickly sucked into the rough-and-tumble of the political life better. he was an active participant in the amsterdam news strike in 1935. he became very much engaged in labor issues in the 1930s. he covered the controversies surrounding the italian invasion of ethiopia. he participated in the congress. like so many americans that were taken ottley was radicalized but not a radical. he was asked to characterize his politics recently. and he reminds me of jackie robinson. he was a republican in the 50s. he did not confide the utopianism of left-wing politics. at the same time, circumstances dictated that he would be in c
he got a job in the city of new york's welfare department. and witnessed first-hand the immense suffering of his neighbors. and he also started writing. he started doing music and theater reviews for the amsterdam news in harlem and he parlayed that eventually into a regular column that covered all aspects of harlem life, including, and especially, politics. harlem during those years was a sort of political hothouse. ottley was quickly sucked into the rough-and-tumble of the political life...
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a when we arrived in the desert and they were fleeing justification in the city. and we wind up the desert because of all the ways was not in the desert also in the boom years decided to pick up in the boom years decided to pick up in the boom years decided to pick up in the boom years decided to pick up for places to go and s. falling guys created by what? the justification model. the justification more follows paradise. its representation and i think i mentioned a little bit ago the unholy alliance unrealistic speculations. the effect of this is to distort obscure, in a violent way, native populations have been there long time and alternately displays them. so is a representational displacement, you know, if it is a goal, but will displacement. ultimately, my crew -- we were the rant, but after we arrived, the real money porting. injuries to tell, anybody? art in america levels, you know, artists. and when she arrived, then joni mitchell is looking for a place and bob dylan's people as scatting. i mean, it was a tornado, a whirlwind of speculation, driving up to
a when we arrived in the desert and they were fleeing justification in the city. and we wind up the desert because of all the ways was not in the desert also in the boom years decided to pick up in the boom years decided to pick up in the boom years decided to pick up in the boom years decided to pick up for places to go and s. falling guys created by what? the justification model. the justification more follows paradise. its representation and i think i mentioned a little bit ago the unholy...
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part of the city, a city that is notorious and perhaps the segregated big city in the united states. that is what the commission called in 1959 and still was true to different degrees in the late 80s when obama got there. hyde park was the pocket of integration. so he was comfortable there. and you spend every day going to the southside, which was 99% african-american, a sprawling, oblique breech area coverage in terms of personality, which is what he really felt at home for the first time in his life. he was embraced by a group of older black women who sort of took him under his wing and one can and just created a sense for him that he never felt before. but it was incredibly frustrating. community organizing that is 95% of the time and keep banging your head trying to get change done. so during that period, he became a community organizer largely out of his mother's sensibility. you know, she didn't organizing of a different sort trying to help poor women, artisans survive in a male-dominated culture. you know, her beliefs were transferred to him. that's why he did it. but his moth
part of the city, a city that is notorious and perhaps the segregated big city in the united states. that is what the commission called in 1959 and still was true to different degrees in the late 80s when obama got there. hyde park was the pocket of integration. so he was comfortable there. and you spend every day going to the southside, which was 99% african-american, a sprawling, oblique breech area coverage in terms of personality, which is what he really felt at home for the first time in...
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i can tell you that night driving from newton, the city where the ballots were being counted, back to albany, about 20 miles away, was very scary because we had to go up highway 19, and i didn't feel like the gater felt it was over, but the son did win. my mother won. [applause] she became the first black elected official in baker county, and believe it or not, she's still serving. >> wow! [applause] we convinced her this year, although everyone -- they were all begging her, please stay in because she -- she has. the voice for people op that board for all people, but especially black people on the board of education in baker coupe. her first meeting, her first meeting back in 1976, the superintendent introduced her -- i want to introduce the newest board members, joe hall's daughter, and there was an old board member who said is that the nigger joe hall? that's an honest man. he found my wallet and brought it to me and all the money was still in there. that was her introduction. >> that was the introduction. [laughter] >> you know, but she's a strong woman. we convinced her, though, t
i can tell you that night driving from newton, the city where the ballots were being counted, back to albany, about 20 miles away, was very scary because we had to go up highway 19, and i didn't feel like the gater felt it was over, but the son did win. my mother won. [applause] she became the first black elected official in baker county, and believe it or not, she's still serving. >> wow! [applause] we convinced her this year, although everyone -- they were all begging her, please stay...
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i can tell you that night driving from new income the city where the ballots were being counted it's often about 20 miles away it was very scary because we had to go up highway 19, and i didn't feel like the data felt it was over, but he did win. my mother one. [applause] she became the first black elected officials in baker county and believe it or not, is still serving. [applause] we convinced her this year although everyone they were all digging her please stay in because she has been the voice for people on that board for all people. the first meeting back in 1976 the superintendent introduced her rows -- he said i want to introduce the newest board members. there was able to board member that said [inaudible] i want to tell you that is an honest man. he found my wallet and brought it to me and all of the money was still in there. [laughter] >> but she is a strong woman. we convinced her to just give it up. you had so many things happening in education. he begged us to -- if we had gone along with her children with another four years, i am sure she would still be there. but we th
i can tell you that night driving from new income the city where the ballots were being counted it's often about 20 miles away it was very scary because we had to go up highway 19, and i didn't feel like the data felt it was over, but he did win. my mother one. [applause] she became the first black elected officials in baker county and believe it or not, is still serving. [applause] we convinced her this year although everyone they were all digging her please stay in because she has been the...
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and destroys the city. it is quite a shocking event. it has been totally forgotten history of washington. when asked people about this, one reason i have asked us if you have ever heard about the right in 1837 and i have never met anybody who has. it is completely forgotten. but when he read the newspapers to me realize what a shocking event at once. was the worst thing that happened in washington that the british have invaded 20 years before in 1814. they came in and destroyed the white house and the labor congress and all that. this was comparable damage, but it did not get inflicted by american army. it was why americans themselves. a lot of her termination. a lot of shame like how could this happen. francis scott key is determined to pursue the agenda of the they want to make sure that the slaveowners are safe in washington. they are not going test laser runway. and so he, his district attorney, has the job of establishing law and order. he does this in a couple of ways. the first thing that he does as
and destroys the city. it is quite a shocking event. it has been totally forgotten history of washington. when asked people about this, one reason i have asked us if you have ever heard about the right in 1837 and i have never met anybody who has. it is completely forgotten. but when he read the newspapers to me realize what a shocking event at once. was the worst thing that happened in washington that the british have invaded 20 years before in 1814. they came in and destroyed the white house...
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in the inner city. the little guy with the u.s. government surplus and book bag and scared of dogs more than anything else. i really like what i do. i can transpose that or superimpose it for transpose it or superimpose it on the current -- the country is what it is and there are some of us who would not be here. it was nothing in front of me to tell me it was ok to keep trying. there was nothing in front of me that explained all the wrong, listings that happen even in this city. there was nothing that could deal with it and to make you a better person, to force you to be a good person when everything -- been and cynical and react. i know all the smart alex no better than i do but they were not there. they were not in the heat. they did not walk in those steps and i thank god for the environment i was in of people who have strong faith. the house i was in and people strong faith and did we impose it on anyone else? no. in my own daily life i respect other people. i don't abuse them or do things. irrespective them. it all comes from
in the inner city. the little guy with the u.s. government surplus and book bag and scared of dogs more than anything else. i really like what i do. i can transpose that or superimpose it for transpose it or superimpose it on the current -- the country is what it is and there are some of us who would not be here. it was nothing in front of me to tell me it was ok to keep trying. there was nothing in front of me that explained all the wrong, listings that happen even in this city. there was...
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the high school network in the elementary school network especially in the city. people say the charter schools have come in to perhaps fill the void there, but i think there is a real sense of loss. certainly i think these men feel it and a lot of people feel that this was a real steppingstone for a lot of urban families to get their kids the type of education and the type of discipline and the type of values that would help to make them leaders in society and i think there's a certain wistfulness that network is not as strong as that was perhaps when they were students and a feeling of maybe was there some way to make it stronger again? that has certainly come up as well. does anybody have any questions? go ahead. i guess we have to wait for the microphone. is that right? >> just raise your hand high. >> hi. i was a student -- i have not read the book yet, yet. but a couple of questions. is there anything in the book about the impact of what was going on in the -- and i say that because there was a positive influence on me. i remember playing cards in the cafete
the high school network in the elementary school network especially in the city. people say the charter schools have come in to perhaps fill the void there, but i think there is a real sense of loss. certainly i think these men feel it and a lot of people feel that this was a real steppingstone for a lot of urban families to get their kids the type of education and the type of discipline and the type of values that would help to make them leaders in society and i think there's a certain...
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and part of the reason that the suburbs have been diversifying is the city schools are so bad that people are just getting out. so you do, you know, that's -- and part of the reason i wrote the book the way i did was to focus on within high school, one advertising agency, one neighborhood in kansas city and one chump was, you know, t -- one church was, you know, it's not really, i'm not saying we've got cannen better, but this is what happened at this school. and i picked those four things, school, neighborhood, workplace and church, because those are all things -- [inaudible] it's not so much a universal, i think there are universal principles in the book, like we've been talking about integration, but as far as like what's getting better or, you know, where is it getting better, i think it's far too nebulous to say really. >> so what's next? >> for me? >> yes. >> my wife wants me to do a book about gender. basically, a guy going into the world of -- especially with all this work life balance stuff that's been blowing up in the news. i enjoy a wonderful life of living and working at home
and part of the reason that the suburbs have been diversifying is the city schools are so bad that people are just getting out. so you do, you know, that's -- and part of the reason i wrote the book the way i did was to focus on within high school, one advertising agency, one neighborhood in kansas city and one chump was, you know, t -- one church was, you know, it's not really, i'm not saying we've got cannen better, but this is what happened at this school. and i picked those four things,...
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called the state government that often seems determined to deprive the city of austin of autonomy over matters that we hold near and dear. to the extent that federalism does stand for principle of decision making at seven national levels and allowing people to participate in decisions that affect your lives , than any modern constitutional convention weather at the state or national level would have to address this what kinds of protected attali to you want for states and what not. these are all wonderful subjects for convention or for any sort of natiol conversation that we are not having. >> my question is based on a lot of the things you said. i wonder what your take is on who would support the kind of things the you're talking about given the fact that you have kind of a lot of people clamoring for change with the occupy movement and the tea partier. >> very good question of very common response to my earlier book is some degree of agreement on the particular diagnosis and then after disbelief that i could be serious in proposing a national convention. i get this from my closest fr
called the state government that often seems determined to deprive the city of austin of autonomy over matters that we hold near and dear. to the extent that federalism does stand for principle of decision making at seven national levels and allowing people to participate in decisions that affect your lives , than any modern constitutional convention weather at the state or national level would have to address this what kinds of protected attali to you want for states and what not. these are...
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the crime rates in the inner city. but he proved was a symbol of an ugly fact fewer black babies in the 1970's meant fewer young black men and the 80's and the 90's and fewer young men in general white or africa or a variety of african-american for by the means the crime rates go down. it seems to give st. statistical and abortion is a social good to many leftists indeed there is no limit to the good that can come if we kill off such problem groups like the young men before they are born. think of the benefits and fewer car accidents less lousy televisions and a whole lot less all of music. the price we pay for killing off these young boys is killing of a cute baby girls, to back those angels have problems of the room like teenage pregnancy. what better way to end the problem, abort the baby is so we can prevent future abortions. liberals don't like hearing that rather controversial thesis of the doctor finnegan there are lots of things that are true that liberals don't like hearing. the trick is to ignore what they sa
the crime rates in the inner city. but he proved was a symbol of an ugly fact fewer black babies in the 1970's meant fewer young black men and the 80's and the 90's and fewer young men in general white or africa or a variety of african-american for by the means the crime rates go down. it seems to give st. statistical and abortion is a social good to many leftists indeed there is no limit to the good that can come if we kill off such problem groups like the young men before they are born. think...
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the cultural center opposite of the entrance to the alfred sloan museum also built by the city if went better than general motors. today despite the name, the cultural center is dominated by empty parking lots and the weeds surrounding them. there are two flagpoles the top of the platform but most days by flags flying. the polls are scratched with graffiti and the grass is packed with weeds. most passers-by do not seem to notice the platform itself. they're mainly schoolchildren on bus excursions redican curious pilgrims eager to soak in the culture. in the end, he plays of the way the american dream itself please out in today's media culture. perfectly sculpted for 15 minutes of fame. his life in contrast remains shrouded beneath the veil of the unrivaled success of both men's passion general motors. as his name disappeared from the business world, his general motors continues to set the standard and raise the benchmark for the rest of the automobile industry and indeed all business until his death in 1966. today the debate continues about whether many large companies including genera
the cultural center opposite of the entrance to the alfred sloan museum also built by the city if went better than general motors. today despite the name, the cultural center is dominated by empty parking lots and the weeds surrounding them. there are two flagpoles the top of the platform but most days by flags flying. the polls are scratched with graffiti and the grass is packed with weeds. most passers-by do not seem to notice the platform itself. they're mainly schoolchildren on bus...
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sweeping the city, she was by herself. her husband traveled. he was the minister and was often away. and she got a powerful of water and why and oiled it on the stove and said she was ready if it swept into her home. andy was the first time. it was interesting to really be placed daring to really thayer. >> that part of the book in some ways really does use one because by the time you get to the reconstruction violence he described, you sort of already -- i would say your non, that anything is possible at that point. a "new york times" reviewer said of michelle's ancestors that they were, and i quote, all people who own no property, left no writings. there is is mostly a bitter tale full of abandonment, early death, poverty, or fins and illiteracy. dennis also an occasionally sweet story of church, home buying business, and wedding. is that entirely correct? >> i wouldn't say that. it is part history as i've said. but i think one of michelle obama's and set its best for me when looking back on this and i asked them, how di
sweeping the city, she was by herself. her husband traveled. he was the minister and was often away. and she got a powerful of water and why and oiled it on the stove and said she was ready if it swept into her home. andy was the first time. it was interesting to really be placed daring to really thayer. >> that part of the book in some ways really does use one because by the time you get to the reconstruction violence he described, you sort of already -- i would say your non, that...
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state of the country she speaks of the women's national republican club in new york city for about nine or. >> monica crowley is the host of political foreign affairs analyst for the fox news channel . the most of the nationally syndicated radio program the market rarely show. she also has been a regular panelist on the mclaughlin group she shares -- served as foreign policy assistant to former president rick -- richard nixon from 1990 until his death in 1994 and wrote two best sellers about her experiences. it makes them off the record ang in winter. she is also written for the new yorker, the "wall street journal", the los angeles times, newsweek, and the new york post. a member of the council on foreign relations, she has lectured at yale university, columbia and mit. she holds two master's degrees and a doctorate from columbia university. so we have to our, you dr. monica. in a recent interview with news maxed on her new book "what the (bleep) just happened", the happy warrior astride to the great american comeback. monica said, and michael, president obama is redistributing everyth
state of the country she speaks of the women's national republican club in new york city for about nine or. >> monica crowley is the host of political foreign affairs analyst for the fox news channel . the most of the nationally syndicated radio program the market rarely show. she also has been a regular panelist on the mclaughlin group she shares -- served as foreign policy assistant to former president rick -- richard nixon from 1990 until his death in 1994 and wrote two best sellers...
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capital city of ohio. >> one of the most unique in the country, in that it's the one collection that is totally dedicated to collecting the work of its states authors or information about ohio's people and the state. we were started in 1929 by the first latey of the state, mar that kenney cooper, whose photograph is here on our wall, and she felt that ohio -- well, everyone paid more attention to really sports, even at that time than they did recognizing their writers, musicians and artists. especially writers, who work so hard, get so little attention, and really contribute so much to our work they and leave such a great legacy. people say the history of ohio? the cultural history as reflected in the poetry, the literature, childrens books, we weres, romances, science fiction, as well as phonics. so it's a very eclectic collection. ohio has had thousands of great authors. some may be familiar to people and they don't realize they're from ohio, and others say i would never manage 0 relationship of langston hughes to ohio. most people see langston hughes as from chicago or new york. b
capital city of ohio. >> one of the most unique in the country, in that it's the one collection that is totally dedicated to collecting the work of its states authors or information about ohio's people and the state. we were started in 1929 by the first latey of the state, mar that kenney cooper, whose photograph is here on our wall, and she felt that ohio -- well, everyone paid more attention to really sports, even at that time than they did recognizing their writers, musicians and...
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army soldiers inr the areas in and around the city of kandahar.other here was the tail of our own services fighting with each other instead of fighting and common purpose against theinter. enemy. and the stories go on. oth there weras internal fightingnti within the state department, within the u.s. agency for international development. in one other tail i've recounted some in the book, we have somete serious fighting between president obama's national was i security team and senior people at the state department over tht whole question of was it wise to try to broach potential peace talks with the taliban. try in wound up spending 18 months with fighting washington supposed to achieve the koy president on the country. >> who is summer? >> she is a young american woman, there she is on the bottom right, there, she haso extensive foreign developed in u experience and put her hand updm to try to rebuild the countryo and work for the u.s. agency for international development. that and she thought that she would be out there able to work withhe afghans, tried to pursue ove projects that would
army soldiers inr the areas in and around the city of kandahar.other here was the tail of our own services fighting with each other instead of fighting and common purpose against theinter. enemy. and the stories go on. oth there weras internal fightingnti within the state department, within the u.s. agency for international development. in one other tail i've recounted some in the book, we have somete serious fighting between president obama's national was i security team and senior people at...
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. >> worked for new york city for 35 years. >> what did you teach? >> social studies, computer, math. >> one of the public schools in town? >> yeah. >> do you miss it? >> yes, i miss the kids. >> yeah, my sister taught in new york on the lower east side. >> i was in the south bronx. >> is that right? >> you can date that one and the other two. >> what is the date today? >> the 23rd. >> there you go. >> i was disappointed when you said you weren't going to answer your mail, because i wanted something to autograph. >> you know, it's just going to be impossible. >> oh, ok. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. a pleasure. >> what is your name? >> chris. >> nice to see you, chris. going to school or working? >> going to school. thank you. >> great to see you. thank you very much. >> he was next in line. >> how are you? >> good. the truth is often the best director. i would like, if you could, to read this page, if you could, if you like, read the rest of it. >> all right. thank you. >> how are you? >> i'm andrew. >> nice to meet you, andr
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we were leveling the city's one at that time. so, i don't know that we could have been more complete as we say, war is an unpredictable business. all of the bombs we dropped from the german occupied europe over a third of them never did anything. any other question? >> we have a final decision made to drop the bomb. previously the japanese commanders prisoner of war camps with 60,000 prisoners that kept on the philippines are threatening that the moment we land in japan those persons would be killed. do you think that is a part of considering whether or not to drop the bomb but to serve our soldiers? >> i think roosevelt went would clearly the drop the bomb and i would like to point this out i found fascinating. there has been speculation that the bomb was used against japan as racial argument that we wouldn't have done it but the japanese and oriental are not like us. in the battle of the bulge where the united states lost 19,000 killed, roosevelt called leslie groves that ran the manhattan project and he said i want to use the
we were leveling the city's one at that time. so, i don't know that we could have been more complete as we say, war is an unpredictable business. all of the bombs we dropped from the german occupied europe over a third of them never did anything. any other question? >> we have a final decision made to drop the bomb. previously the japanese commanders prisoner of war camps with 60,000 prisoners that kept on the philippines are threatening that the moment we land in japan those persons...
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the reason why is the same reason they love to live in the city and not the suburbs. they don't have kids often times. the suburbs were created around a single organizing to make life easy for your families. drive around and count the minivans. liberals hate those. why do people drive them? because nay work. it's easy. then they can make it easy to haul the kids to the soccer practice, and the mall, and they are safe. the suburbs were designed to be functional as the minivan. we have crumby chain restaurant. you can take three kids there for dinner and not get ugly looks and not go broke. why strip malls? we have to pick up extra stuff, a new backpack without losing an entire weekend. we have a dance receipted l. there's laundry, church, and if we work really hard and superefficient we might get to watch a half of a football game later in the afternoon in the remembering rooms or the man a caves. television not pretty or sophisticates. that's what suburban life is. people move to the suburbs to have families. we stop checking in to fore square. we don't spend time wit
the reason why is the same reason they love to live in the city and not the suburbs. they don't have kids often times. the suburbs were created around a single organizing to make life easy for your families. drive around and count the minivans. liberals hate those. why do people drive them? because nay work. it's easy. then they can make it easy to haul the kids to the soccer practice, and the mall, and they are safe. the suburbs were designed to be functional as the minivan. we have crumby...
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t it is hard to get around the united states. new yorplk city, albany new york if you took a horrors it would take three days. if you took a boat it would take three days.m owh, f been to now on a train it ises a few hours.
t it is hard to get around the united states. new yorplk city, albany new york if you took a horrors it would take three days. if you took a boat it would take three days.m owh, f been to now on a train it ises a few hours.
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it's the 50th of atlanta city and fannie lou and mississippi democratic party. it's the 50th of dr. king in saint august teen florida. the 50th of so many things. in 2015, of selma, voting rights act and the civil rights movement forced a president to say we shall overcome. remember hilary and barack obama had that battle. was lyndon johnson and mlk. barack obama said mlk given these milestone,s that emergency room cog dhash coming up. we see in the election opened up opportunities for all of us. especially those who write and agent and are active about issue. we see brother on television now we see different people. whether we degree disagree 0 with the new black faces peopled needed negro face in higher place. they're calling you. people were professor -- [inaudible conversations] what does it mean? space opened up. space opened up. what does it mean for us the milestones whrorntd obama gets reelected. the civil rights milestones. they were talking about how miseducated or no education. the 50th ankers anniversary. is going to have talk about king and civil rights. what can bedo?
it's the 50th of atlanta city and fannie lou and mississippi democratic party. it's the 50th of dr. king in saint august teen florida. the 50th of so many things. in 2015, of selma, voting rights act and the civil rights movement forced a president to say we shall overcome. remember hilary and barack obama had that battle. was lyndon johnson and mlk. barack obama said mlk given these milestone,s that emergency room cog dhash coming up. we see in the election opened up opportunities for all of...
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do we want home rule on the part of cities, or do we not? what kinds of protected autonomy do you want for states and what not? these are all wonderful subjects for a convention or for any sort of national convention. we're not having it. >> my question is based on a lot of the things that you said, i wonder what your take is on, i guess, who would support the kind of things that you're talking about given the fact that you have kind of a lot of people clamoring for change with the occupy movements and the tea partiers? >> very good question. a very common response to my earlier book, um, is some degree of agreement on the particular diagnoses and then utter disbelief that i could be serious in proposing a national convention. i get this from my closest friends and family as well as many others as well. [laughter] let me just, you know, short anecdote. there was a fascinating two-day gathering at the harvard law school cosponsored by lawrence lesic who has written his own cry from the heart about the present state of american politics where
do we want home rule on the part of cities, or do we not? what kinds of protected autonomy do you want for states and what not? these are all wonderful subjects for a convention or for any sort of national convention. we're not having it. >> my question is based on a lot of the things that you said, i wonder what your take is on, i guess, who would support the kind of things that you're talking about given the fact that you have kind of a lot of people clamoring for change with the occupy...
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the priest was officiating. so the priest comes down, a court comes in right there in the church, and, you know, have them sign the registry and so forth. and my parents were staunch atheists and very opposed to religion, they were appalled at the idea that a government person coming into a church, just physically being there and performing official duties in a church setting, that is their view and mine of violation of religion without state supervision, thank you very much. different countries have different attitudes. >> gentleman please continue. >> my name is stephen. if nixon could go to beijing, why can't mitt romney go to dupont circle? >> maybe you can. [laughter] >> i take it that is a rhetorical question. you mentioned the family marriage amendment, which is obviously a dead duck and will never pass congress and it will never pass 38 legislatures. i object the presidential candidates on constitutional amendments being questioned by them. the president doesn't have any role under the constitution and a
the priest was officiating. so the priest comes down, a court comes in right there in the church, and, you know, have them sign the registry and so forth. and my parents were staunch atheists and very opposed to religion, they were appalled at the idea that a government person coming into a church, just physically being there and performing official duties in a church setting, that is their view and mine of violation of religion without state supervision, thank you very much. different...
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her last visit to the united states was in july 2010 to lay a wreath at ground zero in new york city. and she spends nearly a half hour in a record sheltering heats of 100 degrees, 103 degrees greeting families of those who have lost their lives on september 11th. debbie polymer, the widow of a firefighter who died in september 11th echoed the observation of others when she told me, we were all pouring sweat, but she did not have an obvious what honor. i thought, this is what it is like to be roiled. well, the queen has shown us over the years how to be royal in so many ways. her sense of duty and professionalism as well as her wisdom and good judgments, which is endearing, not only to her subjects, but to so many people in this country. on her first state visit in 1957 she emphasized the common language and the heritage of history between britain and america. she praised the enlightened and skilled statesman who founded the american republic. she has repeated her pledge of between many, many times over the years with her words and her actions and her clear affection for america's tra
her last visit to the united states was in july 2010 to lay a wreath at ground zero in new york city. and she spends nearly a half hour in a record sheltering heats of 100 degrees, 103 degrees greeting families of those who have lost their lives on september 11th. debbie polymer, the widow of a firefighter who died in september 11th echoed the observation of others when she told me, we were all pouring sweat, but she did not have an obvious what honor. i thought, this is what it is like to be...
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rao the city to the other radio in los angeles. like to point out that we're all graduates of the university of michigan law school. different years. larry is older than i am. and is a little bit younger, but the three of us all graduated from law school. now one of us has been invited back to campus to speak. go figure. three nationally syndicated talk show hosts with a lot of audience and none of us have been invited back. every five years i invited back to harvard to be the person that this town. that the chief of staff and director of the peace corps and communications director. duval patrick is the governor of massachusetts. grover norquist. it's like groundhog day every side -- every five years before us identify our class. we have the only two conservatives the gun and of harvard. the rest of us just throw things at us. it's always amusing commute the series is very good. come back in november bummer doing when it -- william henry harrison. it's a very short program. you don't want to miss that one. and such a presidential m
rao the city to the other radio in los angeles. like to point out that we're all graduates of the university of michigan law school. different years. larry is older than i am. and is a little bit younger, but the three of us all graduated from law school. now one of us has been invited back to campus to speak. go figure. three nationally syndicated talk show hosts with a lot of audience and none of us have been invited back. every five years i invited back to harvard to be the person that this...
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the schools in new york city--this was 1968. now we're in the midst of a two-month-long teachers' strike, and it was on the front pages every day, this terrible strike closing down the schools. and i got so intrigued with what was happening that i began doing research, and i decided, 'well, if he won't publish my article, i'll write a book.' and that was my first book--was "the history of the new york city schools," which came out in 1975. and in the course of writing that book, i ended up getting a--a--a doctorate in history of american education. c-span: where? >> guest: at columbia university. c-span: now go back to wellesley for a moment. tell us about a teacher or two, a professor there, that had an impact on you and why. >> guest: at wellesley, i had a lot of extraordinary teachers. they cared mightily about, i don't know, some sort of intellectual excitement, i guess. my--my favorite teacher was a fellow named pete stratton, who was a political science professor. i had another one, kitty turner, who taught intellectual--a
the schools in new york city--this was 1968. now we're in the midst of a two-month-long teachers' strike, and it was on the front pages every day, this terrible strike closing down the schools. and i got so intrigued with what was happening that i began doing research, and i decided, 'well, if he won't publish my article, i'll write a book.' and that was my first book--was "the history of the new york city schools," which came out in 1975. and in the course of writing that book, i...
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the city. and i was well cared for. you have to take some precautions but you have to think about where you're going to spend the night if you're a foreigner. you have to think about where you're going to go in the city because in many places it's a dangerous city and there are eruptions of violence as they were just on friday. you have to get some serious thought to this but in the end i found in the city and in many other area, more or less dangerous places in the world, the way to go about it is simply to go and to do your business and to talk to people and to go away again. you discover that the overwhelmingly majority, overwhelming majority of people are good people, and even many who are not will at least be courteous. >> something you address in trenton is the term suicide bomber. what does that mean to you? >> suicide bomber, in some cases you discover that it's not a suicide bomber at all. the incident at the center of my book appeared to be a suicide bombing at first. later turned out
the city. and i was well cared for. you have to take some precautions but you have to think about where you're going to spend the night if you're a foreigner. you have to think about where you're going to go in the city because in many places it's a dangerous city and there are eruptions of violence as they were just on friday. you have to get some serious thought to this but in the end i found in the city and in many other area, more or less dangerous places in the world, the way to go about...
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the church bells start to chime over the city. on the plane, there are three compartments. the first compartment search the president's staff and kennedy's secretaries are sitting there sobbing. just there jacqueline kennedy is sitting next to her husband but in the center compartment lyndon johnson sitting in the president's share there is an error of great -- we know what he is planning because he is making a list on little note pads on air force one with the heading air force one and he writes on one of them one staff and leadership and has to have a meeting with staff and a meeting with the cabinet immediately and the congressional leadership. we know about incidents that occurred during the flight. in one case just before it took off. lyndon johnson calls robert kennedy. these are two men who have hated each other all their lives. at the time kennedy is having lunch. he had a house in virginia called hickory hill. there is a long green lawn that slopes down. robert kennedy is sitting at a table with robert morgan who is the u.s. attorney for new york and two things hap
the church bells start to chime over the city. on the plane, there are three compartments. the first compartment search the president's staff and kennedy's secretaries are sitting there sobbing. just there jacqueline kennedy is sitting next to her husband but in the center compartment lyndon johnson sitting in the president's share there is an error of great -- we know what he is planning because he is making a list on little note pads on air force one with the heading air force one and he...
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want to live in a city and not out in the suburbs like the rest of us. they don't have kids oftentimes. the suburbs were greater around a single organizing principle made easy to make life easy for families. driver under suburbs sometime and play count the main event. liberals hate those, too, by the way. why do people drive those monstrosities? it's easy, because they work. it makes it easy to haul the kids to soccer practice and the mall. they are safe consider the precious cargo. the suburbs were designed to be is ruthlessly functional as the minivan for the same reason a crummy chain restaurant because you can shake under take three kids from their, why do with strip malls? because we have to shop for provisions come pick up extra flashing for the role. we have to get trevor a new backpack without losing an entire weekend. we have began to some to get you. would have to mow the lawn. there's church on sunday and if we work really hard and were super efficient we might just, might get to watch a half of a football game later in the afternoon in our re
want to live in a city and not out in the suburbs like the rest of us. they don't have kids oftentimes. the suburbs were greater around a single organizing principle made easy to make life easy for families. driver under suburbs sometime and play count the main event. liberals hate those, too, by the way. why do people drive those monstrosities? it's easy, because they work. it makes it easy to haul the kids to soccer practice and the mall. they are safe consider the precious cargo. the suburbs...